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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Mont Helena, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Mont Helena and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Mont Helena:
- 32.947331, -90.855674
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Mont Helena
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Sharkey County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Sharkey County
- Since Mont Helena is near Issaquena County and also Washington County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Issaquena County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Washington County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Mont Helena
Curious and Interesting Names Near Mont Helena ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Big Eddy Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Big Eddy Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Big Eddy Landing
- Booth
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Chapel Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Chapel Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Landing
- Choctaw Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Choctaw Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Choctaw Landing
- Grace
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grace is located in Issaquena County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grace
- Holland Landing
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Holland Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holland Landing
- Riverside Junction
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Rolling Fork
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- White House Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- White House Landing is located in Sharkey County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White House Landing
How Far From Mont Helena to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Mont Helena to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Mont Helena and extending to:
- Rolling Fork, which is the Seat of Sharkey County, lies just to the South Southwest.
- Jackson, which is the State Capital of Mississippi, lies 59 miles [95 km]<2> to the southeast (SE). If you could walk a straight line from Mont Helena to Jackson, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take about three full days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 873 miles [1,405 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take most of two days, a buggy would take 35 days and walking would take 50 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,745 miles [10,855 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,463 miles [12,010.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,339 miles [8,592.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Mont Helena) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Mont Helena to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Mont Helena. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.9473, Longitude: -90.8557 In this case, the coordinates for Mont Helena have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 316.118 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 312.04 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 312.064 degrees. |
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